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News published December 2006

• Safer parking in Inverness

  Published 8 Dec 2006

  Motorists using Highland Council’s Old Town Rose Street car park can be assured that it has recently been awarded the Park Mark Safer Parking award from the Association of Chief Police Officers.

• New Dynamics - Promoting Inclusion through Public Art

  Published 8 Dec 2006

  Works created in seven exciting visual arts projects for young people across the Highlands have been captured on a new web site which will be simultaneously launched in the seven communities on Wednes

• School students know their rights in young consumer competition

  Published 8 Dec 2006

  Four pupils of Dingwall Academy are the winners of the North of Scotland Heat Young Consumer of the Year Competition held on Friday 8th December at Highland Council Chambers, in Inverness.  

• First Eat Safe Awards for Sutherland Businesses

  Published 7 Dec 2006

  Two hotels in Sutherland, The Overscaig Hotel and The Inver Lodge Hotel are the first in the area to have been awarded an Eat Safe Award after demonstrating that their standards of hygiene and food sa

• Invercassley Windfarm Development Application Turned Down

  Published 7 Dec 2006

  Highland Councillors today (Thursday 7 December 2006) refused planning permission for a 23 turbine windfarm development at Beinn Rosail, Strath Oykel, Invercassley in Sutherland.

• 12,500 Pupil Days Lost in Highland by Holidays in Term Time

  Published 7 Dec 2006

  Last year, there were 12,500 pupil days lost in Highland schools due to holidays taken in term time.

• Balloch drama pupils present the Christmas story

  Published 6 Dec 2006

  An after school drama club at Balloch Primary School will present a musical adaptation of the Christmas Story in their performances of “Come Lord”.

• Head Teacher Appointed to new Gaelic Primary School in Inverness

  Published 6 Dec 2006

  The Highland Council has appointed Mrs Janet MacLeod, head teacher of Sleat Primary School, Skye, as head teacher of the new Gaelic Medium Primary School, Inverness, which is due to open in the summer

• Council to Introduce Child Care Voucher Scheme

  Published 5 Dec 2006

  The Highland Council is to introduce a salary sacrifice scheme in the New Year to enable eligible employees to obtain childcare vouchers through a Government tax exemption scheme.

• Deadline approaches for comments on Local Plan

  Published 5 Dec 2006

  The deadline for commenting on The Highland Council’s consultation paper for the new Sutherland Local Plan is just a week away. Council staff have completed a programme of exhibitions and meetings a

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